What DONT you track

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  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    tea, artificial sweeteners, diet soda, walden farms type stuff.

    When I'm getting down to the last bits, I make sure to log my gum and stuff. I can chew a lot .
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Cooking spray, Diet Mtn Dew (which has a few calories), anything that's "officially" calorie-free. Sometimes I'll skip really low-cal stuff like pickles or lettuce.
  • dunkind45
    dunkind45 Posts: 110 Member
    edited April 2018
    I don't log any sauces I use (which is often hot sauce and a honey hot sauce) and sometimes I wont log if I have a piece of mini sized candy that usually tends to be 20 calories depending what it is (I have a bunch of cherry hershey kisses hoarded away and I will take one kiss sometimes. more than one and oh yeah I am definitely logging).

    Same goes for any vitamins or samples depending what it is. I would say I am really chill honestly.
  • motivatedmartha
    motivatedmartha Posts: 1,108 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    BTW, if you are new to MFP and reading this you really should start with weighing and logging everything you eat over a calorie because small stuff can add up. It does not for me and the reason I know it is because I started with logging everything and I am hardly ever a nibbler/forager/or snack eater.

    I so agree with this. The biggest plus of mfp (in my opinion) is that it helps build the habit of mindful eating. After a while you learn what tastes or small bites count and which ones don't. But a regular 'serving' of salad dressing/ teaspoon of nut butter/ or it's only a 20 cal chocolate or tsp sugar in tea can really add up over a day. So my advice for newbies is log everything that goes in your mouth at the beginning - after a while you can be a bit more chilled about the stuff that doesn't count.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    BTW, if you are new to MFP and reading this you really should start with weighing and logging everything you eat over a calorie because small stuff can add up. It does not for me and the reason I know it is because I started with logging everything and I am hardly ever a nibbler/forager/or snack eater.

    ABSOLUTELY so many of us respond to things like these, but we've been doing it for years and have years of logging experience under our belts and KNOW how many calories things are and what *we* can get away without logging. For my first two years ( i think im on year 5 now, i dont even know), i weighed logged EVERYTHING.
  • asonrody
    asonrody Posts: 83 Member
    Low cal condiments, veggies and fruit like carrots, cantaloupe, lettuce, and broccoli, chocolate if I only eat a small square and diet soda. I'm pretty relaxed about logging the small stuff since an extra 50 calories or so isn't gonna ruin everything.
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    While I log low calorie veg (leafy greens etc) I don't bother weighing them. Whatever amount I logged most recently is how much I had today too (generally the difference is <10 calories, not a worthwhile investment of my time). Evens out in the end since sometimes I overestimate and sometimes underestimate.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    Spices, stevia/truvia, hotsauce, mustard, walden farms stuff
  • Annalee82_
    Annalee82_ Posts: 320 Member
    Black coffee. Altoids. Mustard. Anything with so few calories that it's just not worth the time.
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    Don’t track:
    1. Zero calorie items: spices, decaf tea, coffee

    2. Says it has no calories but I’ve read differently on MFP: non-stick spray

    Things I do track:
    1. Salt, vinegar, soy sauce, mustard
    2. celery, lettuce.
  • sytchequeen
    sytchequeen Posts: 526 Member
    I don't log drinks (except any alcohol I have, which is only a couple of times a month at the most)
  • EllieTheLondoner
    EllieTheLondoner Posts: 33 Member
    edited April 2018
    I don't log any of my drinks or using MFP becomes too cumbersome for me and I stop logging entirely. The only drink I have with any kcals in it now is my morning coffee, but I have a limit on how many I drink and it's fairly constant. The only other drinks I mostly have are black tea and water.

    Oh wait, I do log booze though! Not sure how accurately, but I try! But that's limited to weekends.

    And like others, I don't log spices, vinegar, squeezes of lemon, etc. Again, anything too cumbersome puts me off logging entirely as I start fixating on accuracy. Took me years to realise that 'close enough' is better than 'not at all' for me!
  • nickssweetheart
    nickssweetheart Posts: 874 Member
    I log mustards and vinegar and soy sauce, because I just like to see what I ate that day and how I prepared it. The one area where I'm pretty careless is lettuce, spinach, and cabbage. As others have said, I log them but I don't really measure them. That's the place where I don't mind eyeballing/guesstimating, because even being radically off is only going to be a difference of 7-21 calories.
  • juliamfu161
    juliamfu161 Posts: 41 Member
    Water/seltzer. I figure since they have no calories or salt, then there's simply no need.
  • alyssa_rest
    alyssa_rest Posts: 276 Member
    I don't log spices, black coffee, tea, hot sauce, and when I sneak a bite of my husband's food. I estimate green vegetables and lettuces.

    Everything else gets weighed for the most part, or eyeballed if I'm not at home.
  • rj0150684
    rj0150684 Posts: 227 Member
    Unless it’s a major component of the flavor of a dish (like hot peppers or fish sauce or something), I don’t really track anything under 30 calories.
  • Martinez83014
    Martinez83014 Posts: 21 Member
    I don't log vitamins or "bites" like grocery store samples or when someone says "try this" because I refuse to beat myself up over a single bite. Other than that I try to log everything.

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